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Contractile System

Contractile system directs cell movement and is responsible for maintaining or changing cell shape. The system consists of many specialized… 
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KIF20B protein, humanKinesin-Like Protein KIF23

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1996
1996
Effects of calponin on isometric force and shortening velocity in permeabilized taenia coli smooth muscle.
Calponin, a thin filament-associated protein, inhibits actomyosin adenosinetriphosphatase in solution and has been suggested to… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Calponin reduces shortening velocity in skinned taenia coli smooth muscle fibres
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Arrest of Listeria movement in host cells by a bacterial ActA analogue: implications for actin-based motility.
Upon entering the host cell's cytoplasm, the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can subvert the normal contractile system of the… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Regulation of the contractile element of airway smooth muscle.
Smooth muscle of the mammalian airways controls airway diameter and resistance to airflow. Smooth muscle tone is in turn… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A contractile cytoskeletal network of Paramecium: the infra ciliary lattice
1988
1988
Lymphocyte activation and capping of hormone receptors
In this study both a Ligand‐dependent treatment [concanavalin A (Con A)] and a ligand‐independent treatment [high‐voltage pulsed… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Extracellular matrix-cytoskeletal connections at the surface of the specialized contractile fibroblast (myofibroblast) in Dupuytren disease.
The cellular basis of contracture of the palmar fascia in patients who have Dupuytren disease involves the generation of… 
1983
1983
Regulation of cardiac contractile proteins by phosphorylation.
Several of the contractile proteins of the heart can be phosphorylated, but in studies with isolated proteins only… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Cyclic nucleotide regulation of the contractile proteins in mammalian cardiac muscle
The contractile system of rat cardiac muscle that has been made hyperpermeable by soaking the tissue in EGTA (McClellan and… 
1973
1973
Actin‐linked regulation of the human platelet contractile system
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